This blog's primary thrust is to note the negative impact of Islam & Secular Humanism on true civilizations. Other topics are touched upon. I am a retired civil servant, with a strong interest in history, science fiction and with hobbies of making jewelry and irritating the editors of my local paper.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Guns & President Jefferson

The Other Thomas Jefferson QuotesMuch, too much, has been made of the PRIVATE letter of Thomas Jefferson as to the "wall between church and state". Perhaps all should not the following, OTHER, quotes from that founder's statements.

No free man shall ever be debarredthe use of arms.

The strongest reason for thepeople to retain the right to keep and bear armsis, as a last resort, to protect themselvesagainst tyranny in government.

The tree of liberty must berefreshed from time to time with the blood ofpatriots and tyrants.

. President Thomas Jefferson's note on the interpretation of the Constitution: "On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to to the probable one in which it was passed.